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11 <br /> 1 Charge of the Reappointed Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood Task Force <br /> 2 1. Request that the towns confirm the continuation of the Historic Rogers Road <br /> 3 Neighborhood Task Force and appoint members to the Task force; <br /> 4 2. Confirm the appointment of Commissioners Rich and Price as the County's members <br /> 5 on the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood Task Force; <br /> 6 3. Request that the Rogers Eubanks Neighborhood Association confirm the continuation <br /> 7 of the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood Task Force and appoint two members to <br /> 8 the Task Force; <br /> 9 4. Confirm the charge and a timeline for the Task force as specified by the motion <br /> 10 approved at the January 24 meeting: <br /> 11 ❑To continue the Task Force for six (6) months; <br /> 12 ❑To have the Task Force consider the final costs, provision and installation of <br /> 13 water and sewer utility extensions preferably at no cost for members of the <br /> 14 Historic Rogers Road community; <br /> 15 ❑consider options to address gentrification; <br /> 16 ❑consider Chapel Hill's most recent Small Area Plan; <br /> 17 ❑consider funding options, including the Greene Tract. <br /> 18 5. Specify that the Task Force provide a report to the Board of County Commissioners <br /> 19 no later than the Board's September 17th meeting. <br /> 20 <br /> 21 Subsequent Local Government Actions: <br /> 22 1. On April 9, 2013 the Board of County Commissioners was presented the schematic design <br /> 23 of the Rogers Road Community Center and authorized the manager to award the bid for <br /> 24 construction in an amount not to exceed$650,000. The project was bid in August, 2013. The <br /> 25 Town of Chapel Hill has expedited the site plan review, permitting and other associated <br /> 26 processes for the project as well as waived all associated Town fees related to those <br /> 27 processes, normally estimated to be $25,000. <br /> 28 <br /> 29 2. On September 18, 2012 the Town of Carrboro approved the Town's intention to contribute <br /> 30 not more than $900,000 for the Town's 14% portion of the $650,000 Community <br /> 31 Center and estimated$5.8 million cost of the Sewer Project. <br /> 32 <br /> 33 On June 18, 2013 the Carrboro Board of Aldermen approved a Resolution (Attachment 2) to <br /> 34 Provide Comment on Alternatives Discussed by the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood Task <br /> 35 Force. The Town has also appropriated$450,000 (112 of the $900,000 the Town has committed <br /> 36 to Rogers Road) in the Fiscal 201312014, for both a New Community Center and Sewer <br /> 37 Improvements. <br /> 38 <br /> 39 3. The Town of Chapel Hill appropriated$90,549 and the Town of Carrboro appropriated <br /> 40 $29,524 in the Fiscal 201312014, for a New Rogers Road Community Center. <br /> 41 <br /> 42 4. On June 24, 2013 the Chapel Hill Town Council voted to initiate a process with the County to <br /> 43 extend the Town's extraterritorial jurisdiction into the area within a portion of the Historic Rogers <br /> 44 Road Neighborhood within Orange County. The Council also asked that the Manager continue <br /> 45 discussion of a possible Utility District with local jurisdictions. <br /> 46 <br /> 47 RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> 48 September 17, 2013 <br /> 49 1. That that the Cost associated with the Community Center and Sewer Improvements will be <br /> 50 shared 14% Carrboro, 43% Chapel Hill and 43% Orange County. <br />